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Only a third of family-owned businesses make it to the second generation. Some local entrepreneurs have taken steps to make sure their families — and their businesses — survive and thrive.
When Christopher Schneeman graduated from college, he was determined not to follow his father and grandfather into the family business of selling property and casualty [...]

The downturn in the economy is beginning to affect consumer spending and holidays are the first to suffer, a study by Mintel has revealed.
Almost three in every five adults has chosen to cancel their spending plans recently because they are concerned about their personal finance situation, the report claims.
Consumers are more likely to sacrifice their [...]

Group Therapy is a relationship advice column that asks readers to contribute their wisdom. Each week, we offer up a problem for you to weigh in on, then publish the most lively responses, with a final word on the matter delivered by our columnist, Claudia Dey.
A reader writes: My girlfriend moved to Fort McMurray, Alta., [...]

Money is a little like personal health: you only really appreciate it when you don’t have it. As far as health is concerned, quite often people will abuse their bodies in a variety of ways and bemoan their ill health. When it comes to wealth management, there are many of us who could not exist [...]

The husband of a slain flower shop owner found bound and suffocated in her store, tried to keep a brave face yesterday while helping his family come to grips with the tragedy.%26quot;There is no more happiness without my wife,%26quot; Rafick %26quot;James%26quot; Hosany said at his home. Felicia Hosany, 51, was pronounced dead in her business [...]

Mr. Haney, who eats better these days as the copy chief at Gourmet magazine, vividly captures a particular moment in history, the period when working-class families like his took their first tentative steps toward the postwar prosperity reflected in Harold Macmillan%26#8217;s boast that %26#8220;most of our people have never had it so good.%26#8221; Both [...]

Delta Air Lines Inc. employees would get a chance after a merger to share their views about how to blend in another carrier’s work force, Delta’s chief executive officer Richard Anderson said Friday.
Anderson’s comments came as Delta’s flight attendants prepare to vote on whether to [...]

By Faisal Aziz GARHI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Chants of Koranic verses and sombre hymns resonated throughout Benazir Bhutto’s ancestral village in southern Pakistan on Thursday as thousands gathered at the assassinated former prime minister’s tomb to mark a 40th and final day of mourning. Conspiracy theories [...]

Dear Abby: My husband is 56. His daughter, “Loreen,” from his first marriage is 35. At times when he gives her a hug (as she’s leaving from a visit) he will slap her on the butt. This makes me uncomfortable because it seems inappropriate at her age. I [...]

No doubt Mr Gee meant well, but you can see the army’s difficulty. Soldiers must be found somewhere and with too few combatants, and one of our current wars predicted to last for 20 years, it surely makes sense to awaken youngsters’ interest before they hear about broken harmony guidelines, overstretch and life-threatening shortages of [...]